Members of the Catalan regional police force Mossos d'Esquadra try to keep protesters behind crowd control barricades during scuffles at a Catalan pro-independence demonstration in Barcelona on December 21, 2018 as the Spanish cabinet held a meeting in the city. Catalan pro-independence groups blocked roads in the region to protest the meeting. The weekly cabinet meeting usually takes place in Madrid but the government decided to hold it in the Catalan capital as part of its efforts to reduce tensions in Catalonia, which last year made a failed attempt to break away from Spain. (Photo by Pau Barrena/AFP Photo)
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